About Us!
The Women's Center is under the auspices of the Campus Life Office and the Associate Dean of the College.
Program Interns for 2007-2008:
Jennifer Bagneris '09
Jennifer is an English major from New Orleans, Louisiana. Her passions include reading, writing, and social activism, specifically black feminism. She is interested in the liberating and exploratory role of writing as both a private exercise in self expression and a public platform for self definition. In her role as Women's Center Intern, Jennifer hopes to facilitate discussions that speak to the intersection of racial, class, gender, and sexual discrimination experienced by women of color. She hopes that students will continue to further utilize the Women's Center as a resource and encourages the women of Vassar's campus to aid her in customizing programs that adhere to the specific needs of our community.
Ilena Robbins '09
Ilena is an Africana Studies major from New York City. Her minors are Art History with a focus on European Art of the 19th Century and Economics: Public Policy. She has been involved with women's rights since high school, when she volunteered for Planned Parenthood and wrote her American History term paper on a photograph of a woman who had an illegal abortion. Ilena has also worked for Mt. Sinai's Adolescent Health Center. She interned at Battered Women's Services through the Vassar field work office. Things Ilena really likes include her cats, The Office, avocado, and black & white cookies. Things Ilena dislikes include tomatoes, garbage and sports. As an intern at the Women's Center, Ilena hopes to provide opportunities for Vassar students to get involved with women's issues at every level of involvement, from attending a study break to Field Work at Grace Smith House.
Past Women's Center Program Interns
2006 - 2007
Hallie Morrison '07 and Marina Hitosugi-Levesque '09
2005 - 2006
Sascha Atkins-Loria '08 and Elana Santana '08
2004 - 2005:
Simone Rede '05 and Diana Schaffner '07
2003 - 2004:
Katherine (Kate) Casolaro '04 and Leah Goodridge '04
2002 - 2003:
Shawna Seth '05, Katherine (Kate) Casolaro '04, and Katherine Maas '03
2001 - 2002:
Chaney Sims '02 and Liliana Coito '03
2000 - 2001
Mary Chan '01
1994 - 1995
Adela Pedroza
1991
Meredith C. Steiner